Improvement in card-racks



J. P. LA'MOREE.

CARD-RACK.

N0.188,519. Patented March 20,1877.

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PATENT FIGE.

JAMES P. LAMOREE, OF MIDDLESEX, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN CARD-RACKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 188,519, dated March20, 1877; application filed February 17, 1877.

To all whom-it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES P. LAMOREE, ofMiddlesex, in the county of Yates and State of New York, have invented anew and Improved Gard-Rack, of which the following is a specification Inthe accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents a front view of myimproved cardrack. Figs. 2 and 3 are side views, shown as hung up to theWall or used as a stand on the desks; and Figs. 4 and 5 are a transversesection and front view of one of the'clamping slats or strips.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The invention relates to an improved cardrack, that may be made ofscrap-pieces of lumber of any desired size, to be used for wall or deskpurposes, for storing business cards thereon; and the invention consistsof clamping slats or strips that are connected by tongue-and-groovejoint and fastening-pins in step-shaped manner, securing the cards inthe spaces between the thinner spring ends.

In the drawing, A represents the slat or strip of my improved card-rack,that is made thicker at the lower end than at the upper end, so as togive elasticity to the ends for clamping the cards inserted between thesame. The thicker ends are connected by tongue-andgroove joints a, andby fasteningpins, or are glued to each other, they being arranged toeach other in step-shaped manner so that the thinner spring or clampingends extend one above the other, forming immediate spaces for thestorage of the cards, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

The clamping-slats A may be inclosed by a frame, B, as shown in Fig. 1,or secured to a base-support, O, for use as a card-stand on desks, asshown in Fig. 3.

The slats may be made of scrap-pieces of Wood, by hand or machine, andlined with cloth or other fabric, if desired, forming a cheap, neat, anduseful device for the regular storing of business-cards, that are placedand retained by the spring ends in the spaces between the same, so as tobe formed with facility and dispatch.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent A card-rack formed of a series of clamping strips orslats, connected in step shape at their thicker ends, so that thethinner spring ends extend one beyond the other, and form spaces for thestoring of the cards, substantially in the manner and for the purposeset forth.

.W. O. WILLIAMS, 0. A. LAMOREE.

